The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA), with support from funds issued through a joint partnership between the Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED) and the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), has been awarded $50,000 in NATIVE Act funding to provide workforce development trainings based in the foundational values of the Hawaiian culture.
TULSA – Cherokee Nation citizen Travis Owens has been named president of the board of directors for the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association.
Seven representatives from Tribal nations across Indian Country are joining the executive committee and board of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. Founded in 1998, AIANTA works to advance cultural heritage tourism in Native Nations and communities across the United States. The AIANTA Board of Directors is composed of representatives from 15 designated regions that represent all the Native Nations in Indian Country.
The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) and the International Inbound Travel Association (IITA) on Thursday announced that the organizations have entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a shared goal to grow international visitation to destinations and properties across Native Nations and communities in the United States. Thursday’s announcement comes after the MOU was actually signed in front of more than 350 attendees at AIANTA’s 25th Annual American Indigenous Tourism Conference last week at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma.